Among the other finalists announced Monday afternoon are “Fates and Furies,” Lauren Groff’s novel about a deceptive marriage; “SPQR,” Mary Beard’s history of Rome; and “H Is for Hawk,” Helen Macdonald’s memoir.

The winners in the six literary categories — fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, biography, criticism and poetry — will be announced March 17 at the New School in New York. But the winners of two annual NBCC citations were announced Monday: Environmental activist and writer Wendell Berry, 81, won the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, and Washington Post nonfiction critic Carlos ­Lozada won the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.

Three of the finalists in the poetry category — collections by Ross Gay, Terrance Hayes and Ada Limón — also were finalists for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry.

Founded in 1974, the nonprofit NBCC has almost 700 members. The board chooses the finalists and winners of the annual prizes, except for the recipient of the John Leonard First Book Prize, which is selected by the membership at large.

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